James Dodson (born 1953) is an American

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. He is currently a Writer-in-Residence for ''The Pilot'' (Moore County) newspaper, an editor of ''PineStraw'' magazine in

Southern Pines, North Carolina Southern Pines is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 12,334 as of the 2010 United States Census. History Southern Pines was founded as a winter health resort for Northerners. As of 1898, it was a sundo ...

, and an editor of the arts and culture magazine of the Carolina Sandhills. He also serves as Founding Editor of ''O. Henry Magazine'', the arts and culture sister publication in

Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte, North Car ...

, Dodson's hometown, and ''Salt Magazine'' in

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. Dodson is a Distinguished Alumnus of East Carolina University. Over the course of a 30-year golf writing career, his work has earned awards from the Golf Writers of America and other industry organizations. For two decades, he was a contributing editor and regular columnist for ''Golf Magazine'', as well as golf and travel correspondent for the ''Departures'' magazine of American Express. In 2006, he was the Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Writer-in-Residence at

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Bibliography

* ''Final Rounds'' (1996) * ''Faithful Travelers'' * ''The Dewsweepers'' (2001) * ''Beautiful Madness'' (2006) * ''The Road to Somewhere: Travels with a Young Boy Through an Old World'' * ''A Golfer's Life'' (with

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) * ''Ben Hogan: An American Life'' (2004), Doubleday, New York, * ''A Son of the Game'' (2009) * ''American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and the Age of Modern Golf'' (2012) * ''The Story of Seminole''

Awards

*The Herbert Warren Wind/USGA International Book Award for 2004 (for ''Ben Hogan - An American Life'') *International Network of Golf Media Award: Book Author category (for ''Final Rounds'') and for 2009 (for ''A Son of the Game'') *The USGA Herbert Warren Wind Award for 2012 (for ''American Triumvirate'') *Donald Ross Award, 2011 *

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Television

In 2008, Dodson was a featured commentator in the award-winning HBO documentary "Back Nine at Cherry Hills.” ''American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and the Age of Modern Golf'' was selected as one of the 100 notable books of 2012 by ''

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'' and inspired a documentary of the same name on the Golf Channel, with a script by Dodson.

Controversy

In 2017, Dodson controversially stated that in August 2013

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said Russians financed Trump golf courses. Trump disputes Dodson's statement.

Personal life

Dodson and his wife, Wendy, divide their time between

Southern Pines Southern Pines is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 12,334 as of the 2010 United States Census. History Southern Pines was founded as a winter health resort for Northeastern U ...

and Greensboro, North Carolina.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dodson, James American male writers Golf writers 1953 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) People from Southern Pines, North Carolina Hollins University faculty East Carolina University alumni People from Greensboro, North Carolina